December 2019

Liverpool’s Super Lambanana ‘may move to Manchester’

Image caption The original Super Lambanana was created in 1998 and was repainted in 2016 Liverpool’s much-loved Super Lambanana sculpture could move to Manchester if a new site is not found for it in the city, its creator Taro Chiezo has said. The deterioration of the yellow statue, which has become part of Liverpool’s cultural […]

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Ten Facts About Electric Cars You’ve Been Getting Wrong

Deloitte estimates that the number of EVs sold worldwide per year will increase more than tenfold between 2018 and 2030. Already, nearly half the cars sold in Norway are EVs. That’s because many of the misconceptions fostered, in part, by early models with limited range and other drawbacks are rapidly being demolished by next-generation EVs.

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Trump Aides and Democrats Strike Deal on North American Trade Pact

WASHINGTON — House Democrats said Tuesday they had reached an agreement with the White House to strengthen labor, environmental, pharmaceutical and enforcement provisions in President Trump’s North American trade pact, a significant development that moves the president’s signature trade deal closer to becoming law. The agreement, announced Tuesday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, comes at an

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Alicia Keys Is On Fire With This Donald Trump-Dinging Recap Of 2019

Alicia Keys performed a musical recap of 2019 on Monday’s broadcast of “The Late Late Show” and got in plenty of jabs at President Donald Trump. The “Girl on Fire” singer-songwriter, covering for regular host James Corden, riffed on the president’s feud with soccer star Megan Rapinoe, former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference

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Facebook Tells Barr It Won’t Open Up Encrypted Messages

WASHINGTON — Facebook executives told Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday that they would not open up the company’s encrypted messaging products to law enforcement, escalating a standoff with the government over privacy and policing. In a letter from the company, the executives overseeing Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger, Will Cathcart and Stan Chudnovsky, wrote

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